Grants We Funded
Grant applicants for the 2022 cycle requested a total of over $2.9 million dollars. The PSF Study Section subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated 115 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling almost $550,000 to support 19 plastic surgery research proposals.
ASPS/PSF leadership is committed to continuing to provide high levels of investigator-initiated research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed research resources to be pioneers and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.
Research Abstracts
Search The PSF database to have easy access to full-text grant abstracts from past PSF-funded research projects 2003 to present. All abstracts are the work of the Principal Investigators and were retrieved from their PSF grant applications. Several different filters may be applied to locate abstracts specific to a particular focus area or PSF funding mechanism.
Role of Integrin-Dependent Crosstalk in Hypertrophic Scar Formation
Paschalia Mountziaris MD, Phd · Albany Medical College
Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Reepithelialization
Sherry Collawn MD, PhD · AL - 32/250 - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Role of miR-193a-5p in Skin Growth Induced by Tissue Expansion
Joanna Ledwon PhD · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Role of MMP-9 in Wound Healing
Lily Lee MD · University of Sourthern California
Role of non-adherent Clonogenic ASCs on T-cell Immunomodulation
Angelo Leto Barone MD · Johns Hopkins University
Role of Schwann Cell CD-40 Status on Nerve Allograft Rejection
Debbie Yu MD · University of Michigan
Role of Toll-Receptor Adenosine Signalling in Wound Repair
Lisa Jacob MD · New Jersey Medical School
Sacrococcygeal Morphology and Morphometry of Patients with Pressure Injuries
Barbara Delmore · New York University School of Medicine
Scar Contracture Prevention By Inhibition of Cell Contractility
Howard Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University
Schwann Cell Senescence: A Result of Chronic Denervation?
Scott Farber MD · Washington University in St. Louis